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https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/5298#issuecomment-844457262,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/5298,844457262,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDg0NDQ1NzI2Mg==,13301940,2021-05-19T20:42:25Z,2021-05-19T20:42:25Z,MEMBER,Here's one example that shows `github-activity` in action: https://jupyterbook.org/reference/_changelog.html,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,891200849
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/5298#issuecomment-844455537,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/5298,844455537,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDg0NDQ1NTUzNw==,13301940,2021-05-19T20:39:43Z,2021-05-19T20:39:43Z,MEMBER,"Glad to hear that releasing is getting easier/simpler :) 

> There are some smaller tasks we can put into pipelines if we want to squeeze more out there (e.g. updating stable branch, adding contributor lists). The only really necessary tasks are writing the summary, organizing the whatsnew, sending out communications. 

I've been thinking about this, and I'm wondering if something like this great tool: [github-activity](https://github-activity.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) could help us (at least with updating `whatsnew.rst`). `github-activity` is able to generate the changelog from the GitHub API. This would eliminate the need for updating whatsnew.rst multiple times (once for each PR). With proper labels, `github-activity` is able to categorize PRs and Issues during the changelog generation. Another cool feature of `github-activity` is that it includes other contributions in addition to the default PR submissions: https://github-activity.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#how-does-this-tool-define-contributions-in-the-reports

> There's an extreme end of ""constantly release new main branches"". I don't see anything functionally wrong with that, but I'm sure there are unexplored consequences, and I'm not sure our role is to forge a new path in OSS release cycles.

I'm curious.. How are these ""new main branches"" different from git tags from releases? 

> So maybe monthly is a reasonable balance?

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